TAXING TIMES: THE BUDGET, TAXPAYERS, STRIKES, THE ECONOMY, EMERGING MARKETS AND THE ART OF POLITICKING AND SUBTERFUGE IN SOUTH AFRICA: TEN POINT PLAN FROM DAVOS FOR RECONSTRUCTION

Abstract

The paper attempts to look at the above issues with a view of placing them in perspective, especially during the trying times of the economic recession. It attempts to outline the very taxing times that the economy of South Africa is undergoing in terms of the pain inflicted on taxpayers by budgetary constraints, the high taxes, unemployment, poverty and inequality that is increasing. It also discusses the issue of strikes and the politicking and subterfuge by businesses to influence government policies. The paper will raise eye brows in various quarters, but the impact of these issues upon the economy of South Africa, cannot be underestimated. It is not possible to exhaust these issues in a paper of this nature, but it is aimed at those who share a common interest, in this regard